Article 70U.K.Applications
1.Producer organisations shall submit an application for aid or the balance thereof to the competent authority for each operational programme for which aid is requested on 15 February at the latest of the year following that for which the aid is requested.
2.Applications shall be accompanied by supporting documents showing:
(a)the aid requested;
(b)the value of the marketed production;
(c)the financial contributions levied on its members and those of the producer organisation itself;
(d)the expenditure incurred in respect of the operational programme;
(e)the expenditure concerning crisis prevention and management broken down by actions;
(f)the proportion of the operational fund spent on crisis prevention and management broken down by actions;
(g)compliance with Article 9(2) and Article 9(3)(a) or (b) and Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007;
(h)a written undertaking that it has not received any duplicate Community or national funding in respect of measures and/or operations qualifying for aid under this Regulation; and
(i)in the case of an application for payment based on a standard flat-rate as referred to in Article 61(4), proof of the implementation of the action concerned.
3.Applications may cover expenditure programmed but not incurred if the following elements are proved:
(a)the operations concerned could not be carried out by 31 December at the latest of the year of implementation of the operational programme for reasons beyond the control of the producer organisation concerned;
(b)those operations can be carried out by 30 April at the latest of the following year at the latest; and
(c)an equivalent contribution from the producer organisation remains in the operational fund.
The aid shall be paid and the security lodged in accordance with Article 72(3) shall be released only on condition that proof of implementation of the programmed expenditure referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph is provided by 30 April at the latest of the year following that for which the expenditure in question was programmed, and on the basis of the entitlement to the aid actually established.
4.Where applications are submitted after the date provided for in paragraph 1, the aid shall be reduced by 1 % for each day late.
In exceptional and duly justified cases, the competent authority may accept applications after the date provided for in paragraph 1, if the necessary checks have been carried out and the time limit for payment provided for in Article 71 is complied with.